Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 1 EUROPEAN PROGRAM SOCRATES GRUNDTVIG

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 2 PARENTS AT SCHOOL EUROPEAN PROGRAM SOCRATES GRUNDTVIG

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 3 “ How Galician families deal with their children’s education: A portrait and needs”

4 WORK GROUPS TEACHERS PARENTS TEACHERS AND PARENTS BECOME EUROPEAN TEACHERS AND PARENTS BECOME EUROPEAN

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 5 WORK GROUP Xavier Galego Fernández Xosé Manuel López Fernández José Manuel García García Isabel Otero García Mª Teresa Martínez Palmero Luis Jar Pereira José A. Rodríguez Fernández Uxío Grande Sierra Rosana Sieiro Pérez TEACHERS

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 6 WORK GROUP PARENTS Beatriz M., Carmen G, Aurora C., Clara P., Pilar R., Irene R., Dondina M. V., Carmen A., J. Olivo, Ana B., Jorge P., Manuel F., J. Luis B., Isabel G., Angelines D., Alberto G., Mª Carmen G., Asunción A., Teresa F., Margarita T., Mª Luisa F., Soledad S., J. Manuel F.,Mª Concepción F.

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 7 “Welcome, … time to work”

8 1st WORKING SESSION 1st WORKING SESSION A PORTRAIT OF SOME GALICIAN FAMILIES A PORTRAIT OF SOME GALICIAN FAMILIES

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 9 A SCHOOL FOR PARENTS SCHOOL SYSTEM CHILD SOCIETY FAMILY FAMILY ITSELF RELATIVES

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 10 parents children SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEM SOCIETY FAMILY ITSELF FAMILY ITSELF CLOSE RELATIVES CLOSE RELATIVES And its influence? What’s it like? Do I really know my children?

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 11 Time to think...

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 12 “EDUCATE” ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 13 Educate... How can we define the concept?... “Teach someone things as s/he grows up and develops her/is intelligence, body and morals”. “Teach someone to behave so that s/he is able to share social life”. Source: Diccionario Lengua Española. Anaya. Primaria Xindiriz’s translation

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 14 Quietly, but non-stop…, we read something…

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 15 “Education bequeathes things because it aims to preserve and that because it tries to preserve certain things because some values, behaviours, abilities and ideas are considered positive. It is never neutral: it implies choosing, checking,presupposing, convincing, praising and rejecting. Education favours an ideal of man against others, a model of citizenship, of work rules, of psychological development and of what being healthy is, which is not the only one but is accepted as the best” FERNANDO SAVATER. The value of education Xindiriz’s translation

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 16 Let’s try and come to a conclusion…

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 17 parents child Am I really aware of my children’s abilities and limits? Do they trust me?, Do I talk to them about their difficulties and worries? Are we the same? Are they better or worse? In which sense? Do I really know what they think of me? What do I stand for: god or bad apple? Do they appreciate what I try to do for them? Are they happy? Why? Is their studying important to me? What are my expectations about them? Do I normally study with them? What are the reasons for arguments: evening going-out, money, school, friends?

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 18 parents CLOSE RELATIVES CLOSE RELATIVES What do grandparents think of their grandchildren? Do they agree with parents’ work?, why? Are comparisons established among cousins? Do our children feel the pressure of comparison? Is there any idol in the family everybody should compare to? What is our opinion about the rest of the family? Do we transmit it to our children?

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 19 parents FAMILY ITSELF FAMILY ITSELF Do our children really need things or do we make them need things? In the case of more than one child, is there a favourite one amont them? Do we establish comparisons among them? What is their opinion about this? Do we really respect the different personalities of our children? What is our relation with our husband/wife? What is their view about that? Do we really live according to our possibilities?

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 20 EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEM parents What is the real value of education for us? Do we know how many subjects our children study? And their timetable? What kind of problems appear when we try and help our children study? What help do they have to study in terms of books audiovisual materials and so on? How long do they study? Have they got a place to study? What is my opinion about my children’s school? And the teachers? How do we react when they have bad marks? Has he always been the same kind of student? Do they feel anxious before tests or exams?

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 21 parents SOCIETY Does he drink alcohol, smoke, take drugs? Has s/he a girl/boy friend? What kind of relationship do they establish with what surrounds them? Are they negatively influenced? How can I detect that? Do I feel too old or out of place to deal with what surrounds my children? What does “free time” mean for our children? What is the real influence of my children’s friends on them?

Socrates GRUNDTVIG: parents at school 22 2nd WORK SESSION 2nd WORK SESSION TEN WEAKNESSES